* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Implement a Xen back-end for hvc console.
> + cons = intf->out_cons;
> + prod = intf->out_prod;
> + mb();
> + BUG_ON((prod - cons) > sizeof(intf->out));
> +
> + while ((sent < len) && ((prod - cons) < sizeof(intf->out)))
> + intf->out[MASK_XENCONS_IDX(prod++, intf->out)] = data[sent++];
> +
> + wmb();
> + intf->out_prod = prod;
> + prod = intf->in_prod;
> + mb();
> + BUG_ON((prod - cons) > sizeof(intf->in));
such mb()'s are typically a sign of "i have no clear idea what SMP
serialization rules apply here, but something is needed because
otherwise it breaks" ?
Ingo
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